On last night’s show Hills informed viewers that since making the announcement he has been contacted by many people who say they will contribute money towards flying Westboro Baptist Church members to Iraq.

However after a week of WBC attacks on Hills and abusive images directed at Muslims posted on Twitter, he opted to take the high road and decided instead to donate all the money raised for the flights to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a charity Robin Williams was a supporter of.

The comedian said he wanted to ‘spread love instead of hate’ through the donation, which was made in the name of the late actor.

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